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#E8BB4E

#e8bb4e ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#e8bb4e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 90.98% red, 73.33% green and 30.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 19.4% magenta, 66.38% yellow and 9.02% black. Its hue angle is 42.47°, with 77% saturation and 60.78% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with optimism, attention and joy. Designers typically use it for highlights and warnings, children's products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 11.65:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 1.94.

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Web safe#ffcc66
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Relative luminance0.5325

Complementary

  1. #e8bb4e
  2. #4e7be8

Split complementary

  1. #e8bb4e
  2. #4ec8e8
  3. #6e4ee8

Analogous

  1. #e86e4e
  2. #e8bb4e
  3. #c8e84e

Triadic

  1. #e8bb4e
  2. #4ee8bb
  3. #bb4ee8

Tetradic

  1. #e8bb4e
  2. #7be84e
  3. #4e7be8
  4. #bb4ee8

Square

  1. #e8bb4e
  2. #4ee86e
  3. #4e7be8
  4. #e84ec8

Monochromatic

  1. #8b6812
  2. #cf9a1b
  3. #e8bb4e
  4. #f1d592
  5. #faefd5

Shades

#e8bb4e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e8bb4e
  2. #d1a846
  3. #ba963e
  4. #a28337
  5. #8b702f
  6. #745e27
  7. #5d4b1f
  8. #463817
  9. #2e2510
  10. #171308
  11. #000000

Tints

#e8bb4e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e8bb4e
  2. #eac260
  3. #edc971
  4. #efcf83
  5. #f1d695
  6. #f4dda7
  7. #f6e4b8
  8. #f8ebca
  9. #faf1dc
  10. #fdf8ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e8bb4e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e8bb4e
  2. #deb553
  3. #d3af58
  4. #c9a95d
  5. #bea362
  6. #b49e67
  7. #aa986c
  8. #9f9271
  9. #958c76
  10. #8a867b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.8:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.65:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c1c1c1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d2bfa0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d0ba41 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dbc653 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fbaca4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #daba47 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e0c251 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f3b28a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e8bb4e {
  color: #e8bb4e;
}
Background
.bg-e8bb4e {
  background-color: #e8bb4e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e8bb4e {
  border: 2px solid #e8bb4e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e8bb4e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 232 187 78;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 77% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e8bb4e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e8bb4e, #c8e84e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e8bb4e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(232 187 78 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 1.94 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 4.43 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.50 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 6.04 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 6.10 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 6.15 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 6.27 #1744b1 Inverted #c1c1c1 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#e8bb4e  rgb(232, 187, 78)  hsl(42, 77%, 61%)  Meat Brown
#4e7be8  rgb(78, 123, 232)  hsl(222, 77%, 61%)  Brandeis Blue
#4ee8bb  rgb(78, 232, 187)  hsl(162, 77%, 61%)  Aquamarine
#bb4ee8  rgb(187, 78, 232)  hsl(282, 77%, 61%)  Medium Orchid